The new website EPPO-LEX (www.eppo-lex.eu) – the legal research library on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office – provides easy access to all types of legal documents concerning the EU’s new criminal law enforcement body. The website was initiated by Dr. Hans-Holger Herrnfeld (former senior public prosecutor and Head of Division at the German Federal Ministry of Justice) and is supported by numerous practitioners and academics with a wealth of expertise in European criminal law and the workings of the EPPO. The website is designed to help users find their way through the complex legal framework guiding the operation of the EPPO. It is centred around an “Annotated Regulation” containing the text of the EPPO Regulation (Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939) and enhanced with links to other relevant documents (e.g. other EU legal instruments, EPPO College decisions, CJEU judgments, etc.) and editorial remarks. The website also contains an “EPPO Atlas” with country-specific information, such as the implementing legislation of the Member States, the notifications required under Art. 117 of the EPPO Regulation, and Working Arrangements between the EPPO and individual national authorities.

The website also contains a general introduction to the EPPO. This text is an updated version of the introduction to the Commentary on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, authored by Herrnfeld/Brodowski/Burchard and published by Nomos in 2021. Lastly, EPPO-LEX contains a curated bibliography on legal literature regarding the EPPO. The website editors welcome any suggestions for amendments or improvements to the website, which can be sent to editor@eppo-lex.eu.